The highest math you need to be able to understand this is partial differential equations. If you want a good Quantum physics textbook I suggest "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by Bransden and Joachain. Also the Schaum's notes for Quantum Mechanics are quite good. (they got me through QM this semester!)
The major problem I can see with liquid N2 cooling is the formation of condesation on the CPU cooler. As soon as one drip hits the Motherboard the whole computer is out.:-(
Water doesn't have this problem because the temperature is always above room temperature. So condensation cannot form.
I was a bit skeptical of the numbers you guys are posting about the attacks, but when I looked at my server's logs for a number of IP addresses I came up with, get this, 9012 individual attacks. Holy crap.
Your question about the power it takes to build a reactor is mis-informed. The comment you recall was concerning the power coming from a fusion reactor. As of now, no fusion reactor can make more energy than it takes to fire up the reaction in the first place. i.e. the tokamak reactor at MIT has never reached break-even that I know of.
I really don't see what is so bad about nuclear waste. I work at the Oak Ridge Nation Labs, home of the bomb and alot of nuclear waste. If the public wasn't so fearful about nuclear contamination, we would be able to just send the fuel down into the mantle or at least store it below the water table. There are alread plenty of radioactive isotopes below the surface and they don't seem to bother anyone there.
If you've ever been anywhere where they make alcohol, such as the Jack Daniels distillery in Lynchburg, TN (I live down the road from it!), and leaned over the vats very far, you can't breathe because of the massive amounts of carbon dioxide produced by the fermentation process. Not to mention it smells terrible.
Ok, I've been reading slashdot for some time, and Taco's repeated inability to use the word "than" just blows me away. "Then" and "than" are not the same words.
If however, Taco turns out to be a non-native engish speaker then don't worry about it.
The whole point of quantum encryption is that you can transmit the *KEY* or signature just as you would transmit an encrypted message. Normally this can't be done because someone could intercept the key and be able to read all your encrypted messages. This way, if a new key is intercepted, just send a different one until you can be sure that it wasn't intercepted. This looks like it could be the encryption scheme of the furture.
The thing that you are failing to realize is that gravity would have the effect of attraction regardless of the type of curvature of space. If the curature of space is indeed flat as it apears to be, the universe is likely to expand forever.
Concerning useing two cards running in tandem, it is also possible to run this card in quads. Each card will render every other pixel of every other scanline, thereby quadrupling the effective frame rate. That is, only if you have 4 slots.
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The highest math you need to be able to understand this is partial differential equations. If you want a good Quantum physics textbook I suggest "Introduction to Quantum Mechanics" by Bransden and Joachain. Also the Schaum's notes for Quantum Mechanics are quite good. (they got me through QM this semester!)
The major problem I can see with liquid N2 cooling is the formation of condesation on the CPU cooler. As soon as one drip hits the Motherboard the whole computer is out. :-(
Water doesn't have this problem because the temperature is always above room temperature. So condensation cannot form.
I was a bit skeptical of the numbers you guys are posting about the attacks, but when I looked at my server's logs for a number of IP addresses I came up with, get this, 9012 individual attacks. Holy crap.
Remote controlled model jets (with real turbine engines) can go in excess of 200mph. Try hitting that with any automatic weapon!
Your question about the power it takes to build a reactor is mis-informed. The comment you recall was concerning the power coming from a fusion reactor. As of now, no fusion reactor can make more energy than it takes to fire up the reaction in the first place. i.e. the tokamak reactor at MIT has never reached break-even that I know of.
Time to wake up now Cmdr.
Yeah, scientists are all retards.
I really don't see what is so bad about nuclear waste. I work at the Oak Ridge Nation Labs, home of the bomb and alot of nuclear waste. If the public wasn't so fearful about nuclear contamination, we would be able to just send the fuel down into the mantle or at least store it below the water table. There are alread plenty of radioactive isotopes below the surface and they don't seem to bother anyone there.
FYI: Tokyo is the capital of Japan and therefor IN Japan.
I can vouch for the JD smell.
-Caedes
Ok, I've been reading slashdot for some time, and Taco's repeated inability to use the word "than" just blows me away. "Then" and "than" are not the same words. If however, Taco turns out to be a non-native engish speaker then don't worry about it.
The whole point of quantum encryption is that you can transmit the *KEY* or signature just as you would transmit an encrypted message. Normally this can't be done because someone could intercept the key and be able to read all your encrypted messages. This way, if a new key is intercepted, just send a different one until you can be sure that it wasn't intercepted. This looks like it could be the encryption scheme of the furture.
The thing that you are failing to realize is that gravity would have the effect of attraction regardless of the type of curvature of space. If the curature of space is indeed flat as it apears to be, the universe is likely to expand forever.
Concerning useing two cards running in tandem, it is also possible to run this card in quads. Each card will render every other pixel of every other scanline, thereby quadrupling the effective frame rate. That is, only if you have 4 slots.